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I've had people I trust say the Kstate game in '69 was it.

Posted on: September 19, 2019 at 13:07:42 CT
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I saw my first game as a 4-year-old in 1968. Didn't miss a home game from 1970-1978. Have been to about 75% since. So, I've caught some good ones, but the 41-38 win against KState in 1969 was apparently one of the all-time greats. I'll let someone that remembers it provide details!

edit: from RockM

The Tigers returned home for Homecoming against Kansas State and their own superstar – quarterback Lynn Dickey, who wore white shoes and liked to compare himself to the New York Jets' Joe Namath, who also preferred white shoes. Dickey would end up completing 196 of 372 passes for 2,476 yards, 14 touchdowns and 19 interceptions in 1969, and Missouri fans saw their fair share of that action at Faurot Field as the 14th-ranked Tigers and 12th-ranked Wildcats, both with 5-1 records, put on one of the most memorable games I have ever experienced.

The first half was hard-fought with each defense refusing to yield to the more highly-regarded offenses lining up against them. It took a pass from flanker Jon Staggers to Mel Gray in the second quarter to give the Tigers a little breathing room at halftime with a 21-6 lead.

The Wildcats came out of the locker room ready to win or lose with Dickey's arm – and they almost won. K-State scored first on a long bomb from Dickey to one of his wide receivers, answered immediately by a 99-yard kickoff return by Staggers – 28-12, Mizzou.

K-State then drove 80 yards for a touchdown, regained the ball on a trick onside-kick, and scored on the next play, a 37-yard pass by Dickey – 28-24, Mizzou (two point conversions were not K-State's forte).

The Wildcats held the Tigers on their next possession and scored on their own, another 80-yard drive – 31-28, Kansas State.

McMillan took his turn with a bomb of his own to Henley to set up a 15-yard pass to Staggers and a one-yard plunge by McBride – 34-31, Mizzou.

Missouri held, Staggers returned a punt 40 yards to the five-yard-line, and McMillan ran it in on fourth-and-one – 41-31, Mizzou.

Dickey completed his fourth touchdown pass with 7:23 left against an exhausted Missouri defense – 41-38, Mizzou.

The Tiger defense finally sucked it up and forced a fumble, then picked off their third interception of the day, this one by Jerry Boyd with less than a minute to play – 41-38, Mizzou.

Dickey threw for 411 yards in the game, which produced over a thousand yards total offense between the two teams.

Edited by bornoncampus at 13:17:57 on 09/19/19
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If you could go back in time and be at 1 game in history - KCT-BoneTiger MU - 9/19 12:52:28
     Exactly, 2003 vs. Nebraska - ERB KC - 9/19 15:52:55
          Link. - ERB KC - 9/19 15:59:15
     The Norman Conquest - Blitzkrieg OU - 9/19 15:39:39
          RE: The Norman Conquest - MUTGR MU - 9/19 16:00:17
          All that ego.... - tgrfan1 SEC - 9/19 15:56:37
               The problem for OU is their baggage from stoolwater.... - zounami MU - 9/19 16:00:46
                    ou is no different than aTm in governance ... - tmcats KSU - 9/19 16:09:07
                         Not even close. A&M has the 2nd largest AD budget in the - zounami MU - 9/19 16:20:41
                              OU is not tied thru legislation - Blitzkrieg OU - 9/19 17:38:57
                                   Well that is just completely wrong. Oklahoma distributes - Yosa125 TAMU - 9/19 19:04:52
                                        Apples and oranges - Blitzkrieg OU - 9/19 19:40:41
                                             LOL. You're conflating AD subsidies with university funding - zounami MU - 9/20 03:28:22
                                   Oklahoma is a private university? That's news to me... - zounami MU - 9/19 17:52:31
                              the governance is similar between the texas and oklahoma ... - tmcats KSU - 9/19 16:25:14
                                   I'm not talking about oSu's permission when I say.... - zounami MU - 9/19 16:28:53
                                        you're hilarious ... - tmcats KSU - 9/19 16:31:20
                                             Here, let's compare the Big12 and Pac-12 schools... - zounami MU - 9/19 16:51:28
                                             You've said this before and it's laughable. There's no way - zounami MU - 9/19 16:35:12
          The Mixon conquest......link - STRIPES - 9/19 15:51:56
          1066 - JG A - 9/19 15:45:13
     Definitely Armageddon at arrowhead. - MrBlueSky MU - 9/19 15:28:25
     It would have to be 2007 kU. We knew we were going to be - TigerJackSwartz MU - 9/19 15:23:34
          Actually, it wasn't a certainty that we would be #1 ... - zounami MU - 9/19 15:37:49
     (1) 2007 KU... (2) 2010 OU... (3) 2013 A&M... (4) 2003 NU... - zounami MU - 9/19 15:02:36
          I was at the 2003 game...it was not that fun....HA - cooper12# NU - 9/19 15:13:24
               in fairness, you had lots of fun prior to that (nm) - zounami MU - 9/19 15:14:40
                    brad smith pretty special that game...course our D was - cooper12# NU - 9/19 15:20:24
                         Brad Smith started a trend of elite QB's at MU... - zounami MU - 9/19 16:25:33
               haha(nm) - TigerA MU - 9/19 15:14:01
     I would have said the Mizzou Notre Dame game in 1972 - SSN 780 MU - 9/19 14:30:50
     If I could go back in time, I'd photoshop Babs Uehling in - TigerMatt STL - 9/19 14:04:22
     SEMO, 9/14/19(nm) - Eggs MU - 9/19 13:49:13
          RE: SEMO, 9/14/19(nm) - McMuffin HERD - 9/19 15:05:10
          RE: SEMO, 9/14/19(nm) - SEMO_Hillbilly MU - 9/19 13:53:57
     Colorado '90. I'd run on the field and ensure the 5th down - Mizzmi27 MU - 9/19 13:35:20
          The Butterfly Effect? - ERB KC - 9/19 15:53:54
          or the 1960 KU game... you could have pointed out that - zounami MU - 9/19 15:13:12
               Bert Coan (nm) - mu7176grad MU - 9/19 15:51:34
          I was at that game and knew 5th down---not sure why Stull... - mu7176grad MU - 9/19 13:54:15
               Then why didn't you run onto the field? Even after the 5th - zounami MU - 9/19 15:07:48
          That's a good point - can you change the result? - Mormad MU - 9/19 13:48:44
          I was about to post the same but it wouldn't have forever - Genco98 MU - 9/19 13:47:12
               Butterfly Effect. Probably would've colonized Mars by now - Mizzmi27 MU - 9/19 13:52:05
     Sept. 8 1975 - Birmingham, AL - 4TigersinMichigan MU - 9/19 13:26:17
          Como was a better place to be that night(nm) - tigerinhogtown STL - 9/19 14:37:23
               Was that the game when the Mizzou fans broke into - SSN 780 MU - 9/19 14:40:32
                    That was Ohio St in 76 - JG A - 9/19 15:51:28
                         Hard to keep track with all the away game upsets back then(nm) - SSN 780 MU - 9/19 15:55:07
                    I don't think we got the goal posts that night - tigerinhogtown STL - 9/19 14:49:23
                         It was wild; I agree with your ranking - tigersailor MU - 9/19 18:05:05
          correction...Mizzou 20 Bama 7 - SSN 780 MU - 9/19 14:21:23
               That was a great Keith Morrissey game - mu7176grad MU - 9/19 15:08:45
                    He was an amazing player; great game by Galbreath also(nm) - tigersailor MU - 9/19 18:06:07
          Monday Night Football (nm) - Fourth and Long MU - 9/19 13:28:09
               No kidding? Huh. (nm) - mizzou john MU - 9/19 13:56:38
                    it was the first college game of the season, and the only - SSN 780 MU - 9/19 14:44:54
                    Yup. The week before Monday football started that year.* - Tigerborn MU - 9/19 14:00:20
               Yes it was - just an awesome Al Onofrio big win - 4TigersinMichigan MU - 9/19 13:52:21
     Armageddon at Arrowhead - BigDave MU - 9/19 13:17:30
          As a broke college kid, someone offered me $1,000 - mizzouSECedes STL - 9/19 14:06:56
     Auburn in 2013. nm - Spartus MWSC - 9/19 13:16:45
     Beating Alabama in the 1968 Gator Bowl?? - bornoncampus MU - 9/19 13:11:45
          That or the one in the 70s to start the season - tigersailor MU - 9/19 16:24:07
          That would be the one for me. (nm) - SSN 780 MU - 9/19 13:55:45
     I've had people I trust say the Kstate game in '69 was it. - bornoncampus MU - 9/19 13:07:42
          That's the best one I attended. nm - Sarazen MU - 9/19 16:00:28
          That was my junior year at Mizzou. It was the - SSN 780 MU - 9/19 14:07:04
               I was at both but was only 11 in 1973 so I don't remember... - BandG MU - 9/19 18:15:49
               I was at both! '73 I was standing behind the North end zone - bornoncampus MU - 9/19 17:08:39
                    I remember the North end zone bleachers were taken - SSN 780 MU - 9/19 22:25:45
          I love the way Lynn Dickey hates Mizzou - Tigerfish MU - 9/19 13:52:24
               Well, he lost a lot of money in Missouri at the bar - Sarazen MU - 9/19 16:01:47
               He was so arrogant at KState that he had the equipment - SSN 780 MU - 9/19 14:36:05
               Yes, a grudge he's held now for a half-century (nm) - Tigerborn MU - 9/19 13:59:11
          I was at the game, 15 at the time and it was, by far,.... - Tigerborn MU - 9/19 13:30:14
     i wish i was at MU vs OU in 2010(nm) - TigerA MU - 9/19 13:04:53
          Still have my bracelet with 00000000001 on it for gameday - Mizzmi27 MU - 9/19 13:35:01
          That would be a good choice. Opened with a bang and we - bornoncampus MU - 9/19 13:09:16
               RE: That would be a good choice. Opened with a bang and we - SSN 780 MU - 9/19 15:31:53




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